DVD DIGEST - LIVE UPDATE Issue 14
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DVD DIGEST | LIVE UPDATE Issue 14
Your fortnightly DVD newsletter
Sunday, 12th March, 2000
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TOP NEWS SUMMARY :
0. Section Zer0 - an introduction to this issue
1. MPAA Invades Australia
2. MPEG-4 Trailers - now online
3. Macrovision-removal Guide - now online
4. What's new at DVD Digest Downloads ?
- DVD/VCD/MPEG-4 Players
- MicroDVD 0.9
- PowerDVD 2.55 (build 0202) trial
- Encoding utilities :
- AC3 Cut-Frame 0.1
- AC3-Decode 0.8.13
- AC3-Fix 0.3
- AVI Plug-in 0.15 Beta 3
- Camel's MpegJoin 1.0.7b
- DivX Codec 3e
- DVD Subtitler 0.01
- FlaskMPEG 0.563
- Graph-Edit build 980902
- MPEG-1 Scissors 1.02
- MPEG2AVI/AC3DEC GUI 0.16
- MPEG-4 Bitrate Calc. 0.51
- Re-MPEG 1.43
- Stitle 0.2
- SUBRip 0.5b
- SUBRipper 0.1.b12
- VirtualDub 1.3a
- VCD Multiplexor 1.1
- VOBSE 0.6b
- XVCD Bitrate Cal. 1.10
- Region-free utilities :
- DVD Genie 3.32
5. How to cancel/change your subscription email address
- how to maintain the subscription to this newsletter even if your email address has changed
6. A simple thank-you
- a thank-you message for all those that joined this list
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0. Section Zer0
Welcome to this, the 14th issue, of the DVD Digest LiveUpdate newsletter. It's been nearly 3 weeks since the last newsletter, and we've added quite a number of useful encoding/subtitling/conversion utilities to our download site. We've also added the frequently requested Macrovision-removal guide, to perhaps, help you get rid of Macrovision so you can enjoy uninterupted playback of your favorite DVDs.
I guess the most intersting thing to have come out of late must be MPEG-4 videos. The MPEG-4 Conversion guide has also been updated to make things a whole lot easier, and we've also added some quite nice trailers for you to download and marvel at the amazing quality (and amazingly small sizes) of these MPEG-4 video files. Adding fuel to the fire, the MicroDVD player has been released - promising a DVD like interface (with menus, extras, subtitles and more) when playing back standard CD-Rs with MPEG-4/ripped content (the player comes with a guide on how to make your own MicroDVDs).
Lastly, over 2000 people, just like you, have subscriped to this newsletter. Of course, this is no where near good enough, and we hope you can tell your friends about our newsletter, and encourage others to join as well.
Have fun =)
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1. MPAA Invades Australia
Lawyers representing the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) have put pressure on the Australian Government to change its digital copyright laws to mirror the US's DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). This comes after attempts by the MPAA to remove the controversial DeCSS program from the Australian chapter of 2600's (a computer security group) website ... an attempt that has obviously failed.
You can read the rest of the article here :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/news.html
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2. MPEG-4 Trailers - now online
We've put some MPEG-4 trailers, that we've made using DVD Digest's MPEG-4 Conversion Guide, and put them up for you to download. These 10MB gems have similar quality to DVDs, but has 7:1 compression ratio (when compared to DVDs).
This also coincides with the release of MicroDVD, a player designed to playback MPEG-4 video. You can also use the guide that comes with the player to make your own MicroDVD - which is a CD-R encoded with MPEG-4 content and has DVD menus, special features, languages, subtitles - you name it, it has it.
Download MPEG-4 Trailers here :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/trailers.html
Download MicroDVD 0.9 here :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/microdvd.html
MicroDVD Construction Guide :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/microdvd-help.html
MPEG-4 Conversion Guide :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/mpeg4mp3.html
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3. Macrovision-removal Guide - now online
Tired of getting email on this issue, we've decided to make an all-in-one Macrovision-removal guide. This guide, although still under construction, contains pretty much everthing we know about removing Macrovision from your graphics/DVD card - so you'll never get that nasty "TV-OUT disabled due to Copy Protection" error or getting screwy picture when you connect the tv-out through your VCR.
Read the guide here :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/support/macrovision.html
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4. What's new at DVD Digest Downloads ?
- DVD/VCD/MPEG-4 Players
- MicroDVD 0.9 - Plays back ripped/converted (MPEG-4) video that emulates a real DVD's special features
- PowerDVD 2.55 (build 0202) trial - trial version that supports all of the advanced features of the full version
- Encoding utilities :
- AC3 Cut-Frame 0.1 - cuts out bad AC3 frames
- AC3-Decode 0.8.13 - decodes AC3 into WAV
- AC3-Fix 0.3 - fixes AC3 files with bad frames
- AVI Plug-in 0.15 Beta 3 - enhanced MPEG-4/AVI conversion using FlaskMPEG
- Camel's MpegJoin 1.0.7b - easily joins MPEG-1 files
- DivX Codec 3e - Needed for MPEG-4/MP3 DivX encoding
- DVD Subtitler 0.01 - DVD Subtitler is a freeware VOB editor, which can extract / edit any subtitle
- FlaskMPEG 0.563 - Must faster than before, and fixed many bugs
- Graph-Edit build 980902 - A frequently requested utility
- MPEG-1 Scissors 1.02 - Great MPEG editing tool, cuts and glues together MPEG files with ease
- MPEG2AVI/AC3DEC GUI 0.16 - An easy to use GUI for MPEG2AVI and AC3DEC
- MPEG-4 Bitrate Calc. 0.51 - Calculates the bitrate that you need to encode a MPEG-4 file to fit into a certain size
- Re-MPEG 1.43 - Some very useful functions to manipulate MPEG-2 streams, including encoding to lower resolutions/bitrates
- Stitle 0.2 - An extremely small, yet extremely useful program to extract subtitles from a DVD
- SUBRip 0.5b - Use to extract subtitles from a DVD
- SUBRipper 0.1.b12 - Use to extract subtitles from a DVD
- VirtualDub 1.3a - Very useful program for MPEG or AVI manipulation - a must have.
- VCD Multiplexor 1.1 - Simple yet effective VCD multiplexor
- VOBSE 0.6b - Export/Import subtitles from/to VOB files
- XVCD Bitrate Cal. 1.10 - Calculates the bitrate that you need to make a XVCD
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- Region-free utilities :
- DVD Genie 3.32 - fixed some bugs when used with Windows 2000
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6. A simple thank-you
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